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Residents urge cleanup and a new name for county 'poor house' cemetery
Summary
During public comment, a speaker asked the county to repair stones and give a county-owned cemetery a more respectful name, noting its location near the rail trail and county jail; staff and other attendees discussed possible contacts for repairs.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, a speaker raised two proposals for next year: repair and clean up a county-owned cemetery currently referred to in the transcript as the "poor house cemetery," and consider giving it a more respectful name. The speaker said the cemetery is county property, described its approximate location (near the county jail and visible from the rail trail), and said they had spoken with a person named John Silver about repairing headstones.
Other attendees described how to locate the site (via the rail trail and a nearby wastewater treatment plant) and suggested follow-up steps. The transcript includes several misspellings and informal place names; the county record should be consulted to confirm the cemetery’s official name and parcel details.
No formal resolution or motion to rename or repair the site was recorded in the provided segments; the speaker characterized these as personal resolutions to pursue in the coming year and requested staff follow-up.
